Paris Couture SS17: Dior
IT was a Renaissance fair fit for a faery nymph, albeit a well-dressed one, at Christian Dior's Couture Spring/Summer 2017 show earlier this week in Paris. Maria Grazia Chiuri’s first couture Dior collection wa...
Paris Couture SS17: Chanel
It is one of the strongest years yet for couture, appropriately in response to the troubled global political climate. Couture, after all, works best when it lifts up and envelops the watcher with a rarefied moo...
Atelier Cologne present Camelia Intrepide and Emeraude Agar pair of fragrances
INNOVATIVE French perfume brand Atelier Cologne have launched a pair of fragrances, Camelia Intrepide and Emeraude Agar – the latest additions to the brand’s Métal collection. Founded in 2009 and based in Paris...
Glass gets a lesson in fragrance with fashion brand Zadig & Voltaire’s duo of the year
Made in France – a lesson in fragrance with Zadig & Voltaire – Glass gets a lesson in fragrance with Zadig & Voltaire’s duo of the year
IF you ever found yourself idly wondering “What is Zadig?”, you...
PFW SS17: Rick Owens
DARKNESS descended on the Rick Owens SS17 show in Paris this week. Staged in a coiling stone vault, the models upheld the same bold walk as seen in previous collections – again with human deterioration in mind,...
Glass talks to US-accessories designer Tyler Ellis as she rebrands her line
YOUNG designers are a mixed bunch of vision, passion and energy. But, Tyler Ellis is in a category all her own, with an innate appreciation of provenance and good business sense, to boot.
Ellis, the daughter...
Glass celebrates … Van Cleef & Arpels
THE story of Van Cleef & Arpels is every bit as romantic as the jewels that the maison creates. It began with the marriage of Estelle Arpels, the daughter of a precious stone dealer, to Alfred Van Cleef, th...
New Looks – The changing face of Dior’s atelier
In the beginning Monsieur Dior gave us light. Radiated via the luminous ivory silk of the structured jacket belonging to the iconic monochrome Bar suit that exemplified the French fashion designer’s iconic new ...
Haute Couture Fall 2016: Schiaparelli
PRESENTING his take on thoroughly modern Schiaparelli couture once again this season was Bertrand Guyon who unveiled 43 looks at Place Vendôme in Paris for Fall 2016. Doing exceptionally well at making more of ...
Haute Couture Fall 2016: Ulyana Sergeenko
DEMI-GODDESS of demure couture, Russian socialite-cum-credible couturier Ulyana Sergeenko, put on a show of homeland glory for Fall 2016. Tapping into her Soviet-era heritage Sergeenko created a beautiful colle...
Haute Couture Fall 2016: Atelier Versace
ESCHEWING the high gloss that Versace ordinarily contributes to couture every season, Donatella Versace mattified Fall 2016’s grandiose garments in favour of taking control of silhouettes by experimenting with ...
Glass visits Paris – Literature and Language at Le Pavillon Des Lettres
VISITING Paris years ago, when both my French and cycling skills were far better, I (now nostalgically) remember riding to the local boulangerie in the morning ordering my coffee and croissant in French without...
Glass meets Rami Mekdachi of Lola James Harper – the Parisian polymath of perfume
Glass meets Rami Mekdachi of Lola James Harper – the Parisian polymath of perfume
RAMI Mekdachi is the polymath of perfume. With over 20 years as a perfumer and working with some of the world’s most exclusi...
From the Archive – Glass celebrates … Lanvin
LEGENDARY fashion house Lanvin bloomed from one mother’s love for her daughter. Since then, the rise and rise of Lanvin has encompassed some of the most celebrated collections and fragrances of the last century...
The AMI Paris store opens In Mayfair, London
WITH a success as impressive as AMI’s - the chic yet casual menswear brand founded in 2011 by French designer Alexandre Mattiussi - a move to London comes with no surprise. Opening it's first flagship boutique ...
From the archive – Glass spends a day in Paris with the inimitable Audrey Tautou
FROM the Glass archive – Talented, accomplished, beautiful. Glass spends a day in Paris with one of its finest exports, the inimitable Audrey Tautou
Audrey Tautou is one of those rare birds. She is simultaneou...
Glass meets Tomi Ahmed and Leo Gibbons founders of British luxury candle brand Iiuvo
INSPIRATION can, of course, take many forms, and in the case of British-born Tomi Ahmed and Leo Gibbons, it was “the poetry of the everyday” and also a shared aesthetic and approach to both life and art that s...
PFW AW16: Valentino
BALLET, movement and living in the moment – that was the inspiration behind Valentino’s AW16 collection. And the audience was most definitely living in the moment when seeing this dream of a collection parading...
PFW AW16: Louis Vuitton
AT LOUIS Vuitton Nicolas Ghesquière approached the conclusion of Paris Fashion Week with a big time sports-luxe sensuality for AW16. Inside a dramatic water-world colonnade set featuring mirrored columns reflec...
PFW AW16: Isabel Marant
WE’VE come a long way since sneakerheels and boho jackets, was the declaration at Isabel Marant in Paris on Sunday. Marant’s signature boho was noticeably absent, perhaps signalling a change of wind for a brand...
PFW AW16: Chanel
KARL Lagerfeld continued the revolutionised revelry of Chanel’s brand genealogy for AW16, presenting a costumed take on Coco Chanel’s signature garb. Rope upon rope of pearls included. Clocking in at just over ...